CAFE SOCIETY: THE WRONG PLACE FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE

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CAFE SOCIETY: THE WRONG PLACE FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE by Barney Josephson, et al: Tells the personal history of Barney Josephson, proprietor of the legendary interracial New York city night clubs Cafe Society Downtown and Cafe Society Uptown, and their successor, The Cookery. Famously known as "the wrong place for the right people," Cafe Society featured the cream of the jazz and blues performers - among whom were Billie Holiday, boogie-woogie pianists, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Big Sid Catlett, and Mary Lou Williams - as well as comedy stars Imogene Coca, Zero Mostel, and Jack Gilford, and also gospel and folk singers. Hardcover, 376 pp.
#542-223 .. $29.95